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BipolarDisorder
HCA/240
Toni Black
Andrew Bertrand
11/21/2010
What is Bipolar...Disorder?
Bipolardisorder, is also known as manic-depressive illness, this is a brain disorder that causes unusual mood swings, energy levels are either up or down and your ability to function a normal everyday life would be a challenge to these individuals with this mental illness. The normal ups and downs that people experience who doesn’t have bipolardisorder is relatively different because with...

BipolarDisorderBipolarDisorder In the world today...BipolarDisorder
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This article reviews the current state of the literature on the assessment of bipolardisorder in adults. Research on reliable and valid measures for bipolardisorder has unfortunately lagged behind assessment research for other disorders, such as major depression. We review diagnostic tools, self-report measures...

Mental Illnesses has been spoken about for about for many generations but has not been thoroughly researched in till recently. One of the most serve mental... illnesses out there is BipolarDisorder or also formally known as Manic Depressive Disorder. BipolarDisorder is ultimately an illnesses in the brain that causes extreme fluctuations in mood and energy levels. Theses episodes are refereed to as mania and depression and appear in cycles throughout life. Mania is commonly associated with decreased...

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Bipolardisorder or manic depression causes serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking, and behavior—from the highs of... mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the other. More than just a fleeting good or bad mood, the cycles of bipolardisorder last for days, weeks, or months. And unlike ordinary mood swings, the mood changes of bipolardisorder are so intense that they interfere with your ability to function.
SYMPTOMS
Bipolar Symptoms
Bipolardisorder varies...

BipolarDisorder
While the precise causes of bipolardisorder are not yet fully understood, we do... know that
It is primarily a biological illness. However, its onset is often linked to stressful life events. There are a number of factors that are believed to play a role in developing bipolardisorder Including genetics, brain chemicals, environmental factors and sometimes medical illnesses.
BipolarDisorder is a mental illness in which a person's mood alternates between extreme mania and depression...

﻿Bipolardisorder is a serious mental illness that can damage relationships, career prospects, academic performance, and can even... lead to suicidal tendencies and also causes people to have episodes of severe high and low moods. (Psychology Today) People who have this illness switch from feeling overly happy and energized to feeling very sad and vice versa. It is a chronically recurring condition of how you feel and act. Experts believe bipolardisorder is partly caused by an underlying problem with...

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BipolarDisorder
Abstract
When many hear the words Bipolar...disorder, they immediately think someone is borderline psycho. Known originally as manic depression, BipolarDisorder is a mental illness that creates mood swings that affect an individual’s behavior and emotions, which can result in a lot of pain. This disorder has two types: Type I and Type II with both having manic and depressive phases in each. These phases are episodes that have symptoms...

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Caleb Crenshaw
General Psychology MWF @ 10:00
Professor Stevenson
November 18, 2013...BipolarDisorderBipolardisorder is a very severe mental disorder that is commonly diagnosed incorrectly. Many clinicians state that bipolardisorder is the most critical mental disorder that exists in this modern day. This disorder affects 3% to 5% of the world with detrimental effects on life contingency. Suicide is a major concern when discussing, and understanding...

BipolarDisorder
Gail Fryer
SOC 313
Instructor Sabrina Geoffrion
October 29, 2012
Bipolar...DisorderBipolardisorder is a medical illness that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy and functioning. These changes can be subtle or dramatic and vary greatly over a persons’ life. Bipolardisorder affects men and women equally and usually starts between the ages of 15-25 years old. In this paper, I will explain the different types of bipolardisorder and some of the symptoms of each, the lifestyle...

BipolarDisorder
Nicole Bornmann
HCA/241
9/21/2014
Janella Dodson
BipolarDisorder...Bipolardisorder is just a state of mind and the person should just think positive and it will get better. Medication is a cop out for those people that are too weak to deal with everyday life. It is just a phase and it will go away. These are just a few myths that some people still believe to this day. But if they are diagnosed and treated correctly they live a healthy and stable life.
Bipolardisorder is a...

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BipolarDisorder
PSY/340
April 15, 2013
Telisha L. Chandler, M.S.
Bipolar...disorder is a chronic condition involving episodes of both depression and elevated mood, associated with significant disability and high relapse rates (Proudfoot, et al., 2009). For the purpose of this paper bipolardisorder will be discussed beginning with a description of the illness, then an explanation of the neurological damages or changes to the brain that can occur due to the illness. Next the possible...

Speech on BipolarDisorder
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: Well I want everyone to think about this; how many people do... you know are bipolar? I’m sure the things you’ve heard or seen you think they’re all crazy, but believe it or not there are many famous people with bipolar including Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, Drew Carey, and many others. Most people who are bipolar don’t realize they are bipolar and go throughout life untreated because mentally they don’t believe they have a problem...

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Ms. Wanda Carter
09/04/2013
HCA/240
The following essay will give a detail... description of a mental illness. The specific mental illness that this essay will discuss is BipolarDisorder. This essay will discuss the history or background of BipolarDisorder as well as the myths, misconceptions, and treatments of the past. This essay will also discuss what the signs and symptoms of BipolarDisorder are. Throughout this essay, one will be able to identify...

​BipolarDisorder, also known as a manic depressive illness, is classified as a brain disorder; that causes unusual... shifts in the mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry-out day to day tasks. The majority of bipolar individuals experience alternating episodes of mania such as an elevated or euphoric mood or irritable state (US Department of Health 1) (Thackey 127). BipolarDisorder falls under the category of a mood disorder, 3% of the general population suffers from bipolar disorder...

BipolarDisorder and its Overall Eccentricity
Community College of Aurora
BipolarDisorder... and its Overall Eccentricity
Nearly 2 million people suffer or are diagnosed with bipolardisorder; many of these people go untreated or suffer in silence due to fear of the unknown of what the disorder brings. Bipolardisorder is a disease that comes with a negative stigma; this has to do with the earlier link to schizophrenia. Many psychologists had linked the ‘manic-depressive’ disorder with schizophrenia...

﻿Bipolardisorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a condition that affects your moods, which can swing from one extreme... to another.
If you have bipolardisorder, you will have periods or episodes of:
depression – where you feel very low and lethargic
mania – where you feel very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania)
Symptoms of bipolardisorder depend on which mood you are experiencing. Unlike simple mood swings, each extreme episode of bipolardisorder can last for...

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The Effects of BipolarDisorder
My topic of interest will be on BipolarDisorder... and its psychological, emotional and financial effects. The reason for choosing this topic is because bipolardisorder runs on my side of the family and it runs on my husbands’ side of the family as well. My sister in law was diagnosed with bipolardisorder after she abandoned her husband and their two daughters. My Aunt Gwen was also diagnosed with it but I was never allowed to know, I was told she...

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BipolarDisorder: Two Personalities, One Body
Jordann Watts
West Georgia Technical School...
Abstract
BipolarDisorder is a mental illness. It affects the mood of a person causing them to be incredibly happy or incredibly depressed. There are three types of BipolarDisorders: Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, and Cyclothymic Disorder. Bipolar I Disorder can make a person feel happy and extremely energetic. Bipolar II Disorder does the opposite. It...

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BipolarDisorders |
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Skyler Lovvorn |
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This is a critical thinking... assignment that will look into the research done by Luby, Tandon, and Beldon, and S.L. Kaplan. This assignment will compare each document and then I will share my thoughts on each of them. |
Bipolar affective disorder or more commonly known as bipolardisorder is a type of manic depressive disorder. This disorder causes people to experience extreme disruptive...

BipolarDisorder
The phenomenon of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th... century. Bipolardisorder or as the alternate names, manic depressive illness or affective bipolardisorder can be classified as a mood disorder characterized by mood swings from manis (exaggerated feeing of well-being) to depression. History has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is
believed to have had bipolardisorder. It is clear that...

BipolarDisorder
Everyone has ups and downs in their mood; such as happiness, sadness, and anger that are normal emotions and... an essential part of everyday life. In contrast, BipolarDisorder is a medical condition in which people have mood swings out of proportion, or totally unrelated, to things going on in their lives. These swings affect thoughts, feelings, physical health, behavior, and functioning. Those who have children know it is rough enough at times to keep one’s composure, but could...

Stephanie Barrett
Instructor: Jennifer Hensley
July 16, 2012
Bipolar disease is defined as extreme mood swings, from manic highs to... severe depressions. It is called a mood disorder because it profoundly affects a person’s experience of emotion and “affects” (the way a person conveys emotions to others). It is called bipolar because the mood swings occur between two poles- high and low- as opposed to unipolar disorder, where mood swings occur along only one pole- the lows.
In the manic “high”...

BIPOLARDISORDER CASE 10
ANS no 1
Patients with...bipolardisorder may be noncompliant with drug therapy for a number of reasons, including denial or failure to believe that they have an emotional disorder ,reluctance to give up the pleasurable experience of mania, and drug side effects. Ego plays a large role - there is a tremendous amount of hubris and grandiosity among bipolars in the early phases of recovery - such an...

BipolarDisorder
By Elliott Subervi
BipolarDisorder “Bipolardisorder... is a condition in which people experience abnormally elevated (manic or hypomanic) and abnormally depressed states for short, or significant periods of time; in a way that interferes with functioning .(web,Md)
Bipolardisorder has been estimated to affect more than 5 million Americans—about 3 out of every 100 adults. [2] It affects people without regard to age, race, ethnicity, gender, education or occupation. Not everyone's...

BipolarDisorder
Heather McLean
HCA/240
Maryam Pirnazar
4/14/2013
Introduction...Bipolardisorder is a brain disorder it can cause shifts in moods, activity level, energy, and also the ability to due day-to-day tasks. It is also commonly known as manic- depressive illness.
This disorder is one of the oldest illnesses that is known. It is one of the first noticed that goes as far back and the second century. The first person that recognized the some of the symptoms...

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BipolarDisorder
TC Bulger
MCI University
BipolarDisorder
Over the... years there have been many misconceptions about what bipolardisorder is, what the symptoms are, and how it is treated. Bipolardisorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. A person who has “mood swings” does not automatically qualify them for a diagnosis of bipolar...

Bipolardisorder is a disease that effects one in
every five Americans. It is second only to heart
disease for loss of workdays... in the U.S. Due to
popular belief the cause of Bipolardisorder is a
chemical imbalance in the brain. This imbalance is
due to one neurotransmitter called norepinephrine
it is thought to be the cause of depressive
symptoms. Norepinephrine is a hormone
produced by the adrenal medulla, similar in
chemical and pharmacological properties to
epinephrine (also a hormone...

BipolarDisorder
Although everyone experiences ups and downs in their life among many of the human emotions, people who suffer... from manic depression or bipolardisorder experience massive mood swings out of proportion or completely unrelated to what may be happening in their lives. The reality of this illness is that chemical changes in the brain and genetic factors are to blame. In history, people believed demonic possessions and other occurrences were the cause of psychiatric disorders, but modern...

Is Bipolar Mood Disorder Real?
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THESIS: Bipolar Mood...Disorder, or manic depression, is a serious mental disorder that causes a person to have dramatic changes in his/her mood, ability to function, and energy level. It can cause damaged relationships, risky behaviors, and even suicidal tendencies in one’s life if left untreated. The illness consists of two emotional stages; mania and depression.
I. A
A. History
B. Mania
C. Depression
D. Types of Bipolar Disorder
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Bipolardisorder has been mentioned in the news quite often recently. It has been seen on entertainment gossip magazines with... rumors that celebrities such as Catherine Zeta Jones and Lindsay Lohan have it. It has also been seen as a rumored diagnosis of many individuals responsible for recent public shootings such as the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting and the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bipolardisorder, also known as manic depression, is defined as a mood disorder or a...

Abstract
Bipolardisorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or about 2.6% of the U.S. population age 18 and... older every year according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Bipolardisorder is commonly diagnosed based upon the criteria found within the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, symptoms, course of illness, and, when available, family history. Treatment is made up of taking a mood stabilizing medication and should include...

BipolarDisorder: A Case of Bad Genes?
December 13, 2011
Abstract
Bipolardisorder,... formerly known as manic depression, is a mood disorder in which a person experiences alternating episodes of both depression and mania. Bipolardisorder affects 1 in 100 people in the world. Throughout history, scientists and physicians have tried to find the exact cause of the disorder, but only in the last 30 years been able to confirm genetics as a culprit. Advances in research have enabled scientists...

Bipolardisorder is a psychiatric disorder also known as
manic depression. It is described as a category of... mood disorders. Mood
disorders are defined by the presence of one or more episodes known as mania
and hypomania. Bipolardisorder affects about five million Americans, about
3 out of every 100 adults. This disorder had been found equally in men and
women.
The signs and symptoms of major depressive episode
are feelings of sadness, anxiety, guilt, anger, isolation...

UNDERSTANDING BIPOLARDISORDER
Understanding BipolarDisorder
Cabarrus College of Health... Sciences
Abstract
Bipolardisorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy and ability to function. It is also known as manic-depressive illness. The symptoms of bipolardisorder are severe and very different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through. It is the third most common mood disorder after major depression and dysthymic disorder. It affects...

Naomi Warner
Mental Illness: BipolarDisorder
HCA/240
Bipolardisorder is perhaps one of the... oldest known illnesses. Research reveals some mention of the symptoms in early medical records. It was first noticed as far back as the second century. Arêtes of Cappadocia (a city in ancient Turkey) first recognized some symptoms of mania and depression, and felt they could be linked to each other. His findings went unnoticed and unsubstantiated until 1650, when a scientist named Richard Burton...

An Exploratory Study on BipolarDisorder
I. Introduction
Bipolardisorder is a condition that... causes psychological and physical problems bad enough to affect everyday life - sometimes seriously. This disorder is also said to be one of the oldest disorders.
According to the DSM-IV-TR, BipolarDisorder, also known as Manic Depression or Bipolar Affect Disorder, is an extreme condition in which a person constantly changing moods, from a very good mood to a depressive state. A person diagnosed...

BipolarDisorder with Manic Depression
Case Study 4
Latresa Jackson
Abnormal Psychology-SS440
Charitie Fuller
December 12,... 2007
BipolarDisorder with Manic Depression
What is bipolardisorder; also know as manic-depressive, an illness involving episodes of serious manic and depression with episodes that are like an unending roller-coaster ride form the highest peak to the lowest.
Bipolardisorders are of two kind, bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. With bipolar I disorder is...

BipolarDisorder and Quality Care
Mental illness has become more prevalent to the nursing world. Bipolar...disorder is one of the more common mental illnesses that affect many of the patients. It is a chronic disease with recurring episodes of mania and depression that can lasts for days to months. These symptoms can have a negative impact on the patient’s life. A person can feel overwhelmed, a loss of control, loss of autonomy, and feeling flawed after an episode of bipolardisorder. A qualitative...

BipolarDisorder as a Social Stigma
A stigma can have many different meanings, but in sociology, a stigma is a concept in... which someone is perceived as “different,” usually in a negative manner. Every person has some type of stigma that separates them from the rest of society. There are three types of stigmas: abominations of the body, blemishes of character, and a tribal stigma. Abomination of the body is a physical stigma that can be seen with the eye, while blemishes of character is a flaw...

to diagnose a bipolardisorder however, adult criteria must be met. There are no set criteria for a child in The Diagnostic and... Statistic Manual IV (DSM-IV), which is the model used when diagnosing bipolardisorder. While the DSM-IV manual requires a distinct period of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable moods lasting through at least four days, around seventy percent of children with bipolardisorder have mood swings several times a day (About Pediatric BipolarDisorder). While it is...

Distinguishing Bipolar and BPD Disorders
Tonjanika Boyd
North Carolina Central University...
Introduction
Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder are mood and personality disorder respectively, that have had many challenges amongst psychiatrist in differentiation. Not only does the two disorders share several symptoms and associated impairments, there is also continuing debates in the psychiatric literature about whether the two disorders actually...

Mental Disorders
Millions and millions of people have been, and are, plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many... types of disorders such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong, extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human's personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolardisorder.
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized...

BipolarDisorder: Its Causes and Effects
At least 2 million Americans suffer from bipolardisorder,... more commonly known as manic-depression. This illness usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues throughout life. Although it may come into affect at any time, most individuals with the disorder experience their first mood episode in their 20's. However, manic-depression quite often strike teenagers and has been diagnosed in children under 12.
The risk of suicide among...

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What Is BipolarDisorder?
I.Writebol
COMM/156
5/25/2012
M.Clark
“What a creature of strange moods... [Winston Churchill] is - always at the top of the wheel of confidence or at the bottom of an intense depression,” once said William Maxwell "Max" Aitken. Bipolardisorder is a chemical imbalance in the brain that has yet to be unraveled; it causes many mood swings that can happen at a moment’s notice without a word. With many mental illnesses in order to diagnose them it...

ago at a family gathering I found out that my cousin was diagnosed with bipolardisorder. At first this came as quite a shock.... Mainly because I was not very knowledgeable on just exactly what was bipolardisorder. However I also knew that in at lest my opinion my cousin did not seem crazy or had anger issues. So because of this, I wanted to find out exactly what is bipolardisorder. Bipolardisorder is a very serious disorder that has a dramatic impact on individuals, but when taken the proper precautions...

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BipolarDisorders in Children |
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Instructor: Lorraine LaCroix - Com 150 |
Rabecca Christensen |
November 13, 2009... |
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At the age of three, my son was diagnosed with bipolardisorder and two other mental disorders. His bipolardisorder has recently given me a whole new experience and curiosity in this disorder. This summer, my son became so out of control that I had no choice left but to admit him into a psychiatric hospital for a six day intake evaluation. Even though...

BipolarDisorder
Mental illness has plagued human kind for as long as we have been on this earth. The science of... psychology has made great strides in past century. The stigma of being mentally ill has begun to fall away and people are finally starting to get the help that they need to recover. Bipolardisorder is one illness that we have come to more fully understand. Through assistance from a psychiatrist, family and medication a patient with bipolardisorder can enter remission and...

Biological Approach BipolarDisorder
“The biological approach looks for its roots of mental disorders in the... brain’s circuitry.” (Kowalski, R., & Westen, D.) When using the biological approach the mental health professional is looking for problem with how a person brain is functioning. It is their belief that it is more of a medical cause for a person’s problems. The brain is studied to see if it is functioning proper and if it is not what the possible causes may be. It is known that different...

Abstract
This paper will be discussing BipolarDisorder. It will cover some of today’s diagnosis methods and treatment. The... treatments covered will involve psychotherapy and antidepressant drugs.
BipolarDisorder
Many refer to BipolarDisorder as manic-depressive disorder. This disorder causes people to swing from very low depressive states to extreme highs of “mania.” When people are depressed they may feel sad, hopeless and lose interest in everyday activities. However, when their mood shifts...

﻿Schizophrenia
Definition
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that generally appears in late adolescence or early adulthood - however, it can... emerge at any time in life. It is one of many brain diseases that may include delusions, loss of personality (flat affect), confusion, agitation, social withdrawal, psychosis, and bizarre behavior.
Individuals with schizophrenia may hear voices that are not there. Some may be convinced that others are reading their minds, controlling how they think, or...

Unipolar Depression and BipolarDisorder Depression because they share the symptoms of sadness, hopelessness, pessimism; anxiety... and sleep problems; However Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Depression take very different directions. It is important that we are able to tell them apart because the treatments are very different. Making an inaccurate diagnosis can result in making the disorder worse.
There are two types of mood disorders: Unipolar Depression and BipolarDisorder. It is believed both...

some point in their lives.
People with bipolardisorder, or manic depressive disorder, experience alternating... mood swings, from emotional highs (mania) to lows (depression). The condition can range from mild to severe. These mood swings are not necessarily related to events in the person’s life. Bipolardisorder typically starts in late adolescence or early adulthood and affects men and women equally. There is not a known cause for bipolardisorder. It is suggested that people with the condition...

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Bipolar
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University Affiliation
BipolarBipolardisorder can also be known as... manic depression. It is a lifelong condition which mostly affects the way patients feel or how they act. It is also one of the oldest known illnesses and can be a cause of serious shifts in mood, energy, racing thoughts, and bad behavior in its lows of depression. There are four different types of bipolardisorder, including the bipolar type I, bipolar type II disorder, BipolarDisorder Not Otherwise...

The Impact of BipolarDisorder on Work Performance
Abstract
This paper explores the symptoms associated with...bipolardisorder and the effect of bipolardisorder on work performance. Several articles were explored to define bipolardisorder and the disorder’s impact on work performance, the employer’s response and the vocational rehabilitative field response.
Keywords: bipolardisorder, symptoms, work performance, co workers
The Impact of BipolarDisorder on Work Performance
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BipolarBipolar is a mental disorder that some people have. Bipolar affects your daily life in... school, relationships, and work places. There is no cure yet, but there is treatment. Many tend to ignore their or not recognize the symptoms. The disorder can get so severe it can have a great ability on how you function. Bipolar also has the symptoms and treatment so people can live a normal life. Bipolar is found in children, teens and adults.
Bipolar is a disorder in the brain that causes mood...

Depression Paper
Kenda Pollick
PSY/270
Richard Ferguson
March 9, 2010
Depression Paper
Unipolar depression and...bipolardisorder are two common mood disorders. The emotions that make these two disorders classify as mood disorders are depression and mania. Depression is a mood that makes a person feel sad and low and makes life seem overwhelming and challenging. Mania, however, is the opposite. Mania is a state of emotion where a person feels an abnormally elevated...

and these mood changes have been identified as disorders. One example, bipolardisorder is perhaps one of the... oldest known diseases. It has grown into one of the most common illnesses that people of every age, culture, and gender must deal with on an everyday basis. In recent times bipolardisorder has become quite prevalent in children and adolescents causing and increased concern and interest in this area.
Bipolardisorder is a lifelong mood disorder, characterized by recurrent manic or hypomanic...

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Adolescent BipolarDisorder: Recognition and plan of treatment for families
Upper Iowa University
August 3rd, 2014...
Abstract
Bipolardisorder (BD) is a serious mental illness in which a person’s mood will alternate between mania and depression; and where what would be considered common emotions will become powerfully as well as unpredictably exaggerated. Bipolardisorder is also referred to as manic-depressive illness. While bipolardisorder is less common than depression at least...

BipolarDisorder
Introduction to Psychology
November 29,2012...Bipolardisorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity, and the ability to function on a daily basis. People in general have many different mood swings, but someone who has bipolardisorder has severe mood swings that may cause damage to personal relationships, job performance, and the ability to function in school. Diagnosing bipolardisorder can be difficult...